ADJECTIVE
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lacking in substance
dim shadowy forms
strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds
a wraithlike column of smoke
How To Use wraithlike In A Sentence
- His St. Petersburg is another "Unreal City" whose wraithlike inhabitants leave hardly a smudge where they've passed. A Master of Technique
- Her illegitimate position has rendered her wraithlike and insubstantial, almost disembodied.
- She becomes daily more insubstantial, her figure wraithlike.
- Startled by the wraithlike words, I stumbled back. Mercy Kill
- Peering into the hollows of trees, you may come face to face with this wraithlike creature.
- For instance, in the middle of picture No. 45 stand two women in overcoats and hats with their arms linked, and on either side of the couple is a wraithlike image of a man in a three-piece suit, white shirt, tie and fedora. Candid Albums Of Strangers
- She moved wraithlike, ducking beneath an arm, reeling back from another, and diving between its legs. GuildWars Edge of Destiny
- Praise be to their live bait alluring, their handsome, wraithlike bodies. Heart death
- Next moment their wraithlike figures had darted out of sight among the trees like two startled deer.
- Bausch and another female dancer move through a café setting with their eyes closed while a man, struggling to anticipate their wraithlike movements, hurriedly moves tables and chairs out of their way.